Are You Better Than Me? Competitive Work Climates Fuel Impostorism via Upward Social Comparisons
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Published online on July 14, 2025
Abstract
Social Psychological and Personality Science, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 510-521, May 2026.
The impostor phenomenon refers to an experience whereby individuals believe that others overestimate their abilities, prompting fears of being exposed as impostors. Research has predominantly conceptualized impostorism as a trait-based phenomenon and ...
The impostor phenomenon refers to an experience whereby individuals believe that others overestimate their abilities, prompting fears of being exposed as impostors. Research has predominantly conceptualized impostorism as a trait-based phenomenon and ...